The Odyssey Flashcards

1
Q

Odysseus’ Son

A

Telemachus

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2
Q

Odysseus’ Wife

A

Penelope

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3
Q

God that most strongly supports Odysseus

A

Athena

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4
Q

Telemachus visits ___ and ____ in search of his father

A

Pylos (Nestor) and Sparta (Menelaus)

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5
Q

Nymph that has Odysseus trapped on Ogygia

A

Calypso

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6
Q

Plots against Telemachus; lead suitor

A

Antinous

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7
Q

Poseidon torments Odysseus because _____

A

He blinded the Cyclops Polyphemus

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8
Q

After escaping Calypso, Odysseus lands here

A

Scheria, home of the Phaeacians

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9
Q

Finds Odysseus in Scheria

A

Nausicaa

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10
Q

Odysseus passes Penelope’s test by

A

Stringing his bow and shooting an arrow through 12 axes

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11
Q

Eumaeus

A

Swineherd in Ithaca who receives Odysseus

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12
Q

Odysseus is king of

A

Ithaca

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13
Q

Odysseus’ father

A

Laertes

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14
Q

Circe

A

Beautiful witch goddess, turns Odysseus men to swine and lives with him for a year.

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15
Q

Alcinous

A

King of the Phaeacians

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16
Q

Kleos and Nostos

A

Glory of deeds and homecoming

17
Q

Brings wrath of Athena on Achaean fleet

A

Lesser Ajax’s rape of Cassandra

18
Q

Odysseus and Penelope’s wedding bed

A

Built around trunk of olive tree

19
Q

Odysseus tells Polyphemus his name is

A

Nobody

20
Q

Aeolus

A

Gives Odysseus the winds

21
Q

Laestrygonians

A

Giants that sink Odysseus’ ships with boulders

22
Q

Odysseus navigates between

A

Scylla and Charybdis

23
Q

Odysseus listens to the Sirens while his crew

A

Lash him to the mast and plug their ears with beeswax

24
Q

Lotus eaters

A

Eat lotus flower, stop caring for home